Horst von Brand <vonbrand@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> If everybody (or at least the bigger knots) filters spoofed traffic,
> this ceases to be a problem. And that solves a shipload of other
> problems, so...
There isn't much incentive to deploy filters so that other people
don't suffer. So it takes a long time until it's almost universally
implemented. (We catch less backscatter from DDoS attacks than a few
years ago, so the situation may actually be improving.)
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Current mail filters: many dial-up/DSL/cable modem hosts, and the
following domains: atlas.cz, bigpond.com, postino.it, tiscali.co.uk,
tiscali.cz, tiscali.it, voila.fr.